Can I drive in Missouri with my Bosnian driver’s licence? #

I honestly did not know the answer to that question, so I had to dig a bit deeper. And it appears that the answer is yes. You can drive with your international driver’s licence if that driver’s licence is also in English. It can’t just be in the native language that you know with your picture on it. So if a police officer pulls you over they have no idea what they’re looking at.

The driver’s licence needs to be in English. And the second part of the answer is, you have to get a Missouri driver’s licence as soon as you establish residency here in Missouri. So I told them you do that ASAP. At least in the next 90 days. Because that’s kind of the residency legal standard here in Missouri. As soon as your paperwork is processed and you get your social security number go take the written test.

The written test are the road rules and vision and then you’ve got to take the driving test, which I don’t think it’s a big deal but some people fail anyways. So, that’s what he needs to do. The other aspect of this answer is, even if you’re going to be driving with an international driver’s licence, you need to have insurance. And from what I’m gathering from my car insurance agents, is that if you’re insuring an international driver it’s much more expensive than if you’re insuring a Missouri driver.

Reason to get Missouri driver’s licence #

So that’s another reason to get a Missouri driver’s licence ASAP if you are able to do so. Obviously, you’re gonna have to show your passport, you’re gonna have to show your I-94, you’re gonna have to show your visa, so that they see that you’re legally here in the United States, and they require you to show proof of residence, which can be a utility bill. This guy came over, he got married so I told him like: “Hey have your wife put you on one of your utility bills, your name on it, so you can take that piece of paper with you, to the driver’s licence bureau when you go apply for the driver’s licence.” I was just recently overseas and I was in the Turks and Caicos, and I did not have an international driver’s licence.

The question, was I legally allowed to drive, and so, are we required to have an international driving privilege in foreign countries? And to be honest with you some countries do require you to have something like that, an example given here is Hungary, there are other countries that honor US driver’s licence, but require a local translation, Spanish for example, and our driver’s licences are not in Spanish. So, if you are going to go to Spain, and you intend to drive you will need to have an international driving privilege.

What is International driving privilege? #

Well, it’s driving privilege translated into ten languages. You can get it through AAA here in the United States, it is one of two non-governmental organizations that you can get it at, and it costs like $25 bucks, and you know you’ll have your driver’s licence in ten languages. Next time when you touch down in Barcelona on your overseas trip, you will be able to get a vehicle because I’ve got a feeling that if you go to Enterprise or a Hertz rent-a-car place, you show them a Missouri driver’s licence they’re may look at you like you are crazy, and they’ll want you to get an IDP.

So hope this helps, if you are here with an international driver’s licence, and if you are planning on travelling overseas and getting a rental vehicle.

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